ON MY DESK – new in Beauty November 2015 featuring what’s new across my path in the worlds of beauty and skincare. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights…
MAC MAGIC OF THE NIGHT
The name “Magic of the Night’ actually keeps having me hum “Music of the Night” from Phantom of the Opera, and I think it’s not totally a bad fit, as this holiday collection from MAC Cosmetics is incredibly operatic and opulent in its appearance. I’ve never seen a foam and elastic clusre packaging before from MAC so this little beauty is quite the eye-opener. Magic of the Night stars a range of lovely sets and kits, including this glitter pigment kit with a black elastic closure and foam sides pictured above. It is bee-u-ti-ful. This Holiday Collection is available 2nd November at New Zealand M.A.C locations. Pictured below: the beautiful new M.A.C eye shadow pigments for the holiday and party season.
CLINIQUE GIFT SETS
All the prettiness! Clinique gift sets are in store NOW so hit departments stores and Clinique counters everywhere, to secure your fave pick of the bunch. And why not buy just for gifts? You can teat yourself as they’re a great value to purchase things you already love as well as a handy way to try out minis of new products you haven’t. My picks would be the All About Nudes set ($99) with a Long-Lasting Lipstick in Sugared Maple, All About Shadow Quad in lovely browns and nudes, a Cream Shaper pencil for eyes, and a High Impact Mascara in Black. For men, there’s a Clean Skin, Great Skin skincare pack at $139, and a His Happiness set at $119. There are beautiful fragrance sets with an Aromatics set $89, as well as a Smart & Smooth skincare set at $130, and Farmers exclusives Stars of Clinique favourites at $79, and a Skinny Meets Chubby eye stick gift set at $79. Clinique also has the Clinique Sonic Cleansing Brush at $165 for clear fresh glowing skin all year. Merry Clinique to you !
OASIS SUN
A cute postcard delivery, introducing… Oasis Sun! New to the Oasis Beauty range; it uses non-nano zinc oxide as its sunscreen (which is all I’ll use on my children) and is paraben-free. From $17.50 for the 50ml size at stockists; see www.oasisbeauty.co.nz
TRILOGY AGE-PROOF
Un-write lines, with Trilogy Line Smoothing Day Cream and firm skin with Trilogy Age-Proof Nutrient Plus Firming Serum, both with trilogyproducts.com Glycablend formula of powerful botanical oils. Also in this Age-Proof range is the Eye Roller; our reviewer said “it was cooling and refreshing and felt amazing and she wouldn’t buy anything else again, just this!”
ESTEE LAUDER BROW NOW
Estée Lauder looks to brows, with its new BROW NOW collection with everything you need to fill in and groom your eyebrows to perfection, including this Brow Defining Pencil, and Volumizing Brow Tint. Brows are a huge makeup trend that show no sign of abating in popularity. You can do your brows quickly and easily with this Brow Defining Pencil that colours and sets brows in one stroke of the gel pencil that has pigments to fill in any missing patches with colour. Available in five shades for $56. The Double Brow Brush features an angled brush to fill and define brows on one end, and blends with the other to create the perfect arch. The brush retails for $56. Also pictured below is the new Volumizing Brow Tint, a fibre gel mascara wand to fill in sparse brow hairs with colour. It comes in five shades, is very easy to use and gives a great result. It retails for $56.
One of my all time fave foundations, Double Wear, is now in this handy compact, Makeup To Go. I am particularly excited about this makeup compact, as I love Double Wear makeup – in fact, it may be in my top 3 foundations of all time. I would say my ‘Desert Island List’ foundation but who would wear foundation on a desert island?! Ha ha. What I like about this compact is the push and release button that squirts a perfect amount of liquid base up so you can apply it with the sponge or a brush or fingertips as you prefer. This is a convenient and non-spill travel or handbag way to carry liquid foundation.
LE TAN EXPRESS
Summer’s almost here… Get your (fake) tan on FAST, with this tanning mitt and Le Tan Express 30 minute tan.
CERAMIDE REPLENISHING CLEANSING OIL
If you don’t like cleansers that strip your skin, try a nourishing cleansing oil. Elizabeth Arden has released a Ceramide Replenishing Cleansing Oil to massage onto skin and rinse off. Dissolves makeup without stripping skin.
ANTIPODES SKINCARE
Antipodes skincare Moisture Boost Minis includes handy trial or travel sizes of Divine Face Oil Avocado Oil & Rosehip 10ml, and Vanilla Pod Hydrating Day Cream 15ml. Immortal SPF15 Face & Body Moisturiser has their hero ingredient of Vinanza performance plus, along with raspberry seed oil and Reishi mushroom of immortality. The Antipodes Vanilla Pod Hydrating Day Cream is a favourite and I love its creamy rich nourishing feel.
Below: my green and white shelfie, featuring Antipodes Skincare, Ecoya Grand Celebration Candle www.ecoya.com, Caroline Mitchell Fern Cushion from www.carolinemitchell.co.nz, Ezibuy shelf from www.ezibuy.co.nz, Yuzu fragrance by Issey Miyake.
MOROCCANOIL SMOOTHING
Have you tried Moroccanoil shampoo and conditioner?! It’s incredible I love it and have been a big fan since I tried it. I attended the very first launch of Moroccanoil when it launched into New Zealand years ago, and was taken with the story of the argan trees with goats in them and the nuts collected by local women. Thread was lucky enough to attend fashion week shows for Moroccanoil at New York Fashion Week and talk to their hairstylists backstage. A while back, their Stylist Violet came to New Zealand from Australia and did my own hair, at Lily & Louis, which was such a treat. My hair felt and looked so good! So we have a long love affair with this awesome brand and its products. now they’ve released this Smoothing collection with a Smoothing Shampoo & Conditioner and blow dry Smoothing Lotion – perfect for taming my frizzy curls – and all infused with Argan oil and free of parabens and sulfates. The shampoo and conditioner retail for $48 each, the Smoothing lotion at $68, and the Smoothing Mask at $64 available at fine salons. For stockists and more info see www.moroccanoil.com
DESIGNER BRANDS LONGWEAR MATTE
A bouquet of the new Designer Brands Cosmetics Longwear Matte Lip Colour and Invisible Lip Liner. A beauty bargain buy at pharmacies priced at $9.99 and $11.99 and they are all vegan, animal cruelty-free, and paraben-free.
Megan Robinson
9th November 2015
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